AP Physics: Introduction to Momentum and Impulse
1)An incident ball A of mass 0.10 kg is sliding at 1.4 m/s on the horizontal tabletop of negligible friction shown above. It makes a head-on collision with a target ball B of mass 0.50 kg at rest at the edge of the table. As a result of the collision, the incident ball rebounds, sliding backwards at 0.70 m/s immediately after the collision. a. Calculate the speed of the 0.50 kg target ball immediately after the collision.
The tabletop is 1.20 m above a level, horizontal floor. The target ball is projected horizontally and initially strikes the floor at a horizontal displacement d from the point of collision. b. Calculate the horizontal displacement d.
In another experiment on the same table, the target ball B is replaced by target ball C of mass
0.10 kg. The incident ball A again slides at 1.4 m/s, as shown above left, but this time makes a glancing collision with the target ball C that is at rest at the edge of the table. The target ball C strikes the floor at point P, which is at a horizontal displacement of 0.15 m from the point of the collision, and at a horizontal angle of 30° from the +x-axis, as shown above right. c. Calculate the speed v of the target ball C immediately after the collision. d. Calculate the y-component of incident ball A's momentum immediately after the collision.

2)A motion sensor and a force sensor record the motion of a cart along a track, as shown above. The cart is given a push so that it moves toward the force sensor and then collides with it. The two sensors record the values shown in the following graphs. a. Determine the cart's average acceleration between t = 0.33 s and t = 0.37 s. b. Determine the magnitude of the change in the cart's momentum during the collision. c. Determine the mass of the cart. d.
Determine the energy lost in the collision between the force sensor and the cart

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